| Lucas POV |

My wolf has been restless since I woke up this morning and has been driving me mad till we got to school. It must be because of tonight's full moon ceremony which meant my wolf could sense my mate around.

Considering that today is the first full moon since I've turned 18 and became an Alpha, it is important for me to find my mate and future Luna in order to strengthen the unity of the pack. After all, the Luna plays an important role in keeping the harmony in the pack and being a beacon of support for every wolf.

As I entered the school hallway, I'm welcomed by the bustling sea of people around me rushing to get to their classes on time. I tried to weave around them so I could get to my locker when I'm suddenly pulled back by a soft hand on my arm. Alice's warm smile greeted me and I smiled back, but the wolf inside me felt a bit disappointed that the girl in front of me wasn't my mate even though we'd been together for two years. I couldn't help but feel a bit sad about it too.

"What's with the long face Luc, has something happened?" Alice asked as she intertwined her fingers in mine.

I shake my head and pressed my lips into a slight smile to not worry her. I hate that her touch didn't give me any spark or sense of belonging anymore, even though I've taken pleasure in them before. The pull of the mate bond has completely overcome my feelings for Alice that I feel so guilty about breaking her heart once I meet my mate.

I should have known better than to date a human, but two years ago I could afford to be reckless since I didn't have the responsibility of being an Alpha. But since my father's death six months ago, I didn't even realise how that recklessness would eventually come back to bite me in the ass. I do love Alice and she is perfect which isn't a lie, but she doesn't complete me at all. I don't know why I held on to that hope that maybe the Moon Goddess would bless our relationship and make her my mate, but I was dumb enough to believe that so I could lessen my guilt.

I looked at Alice as she talked about her day but her words were all a blur to me. I nodded my head to seem polite when an intoxicating scent hit my nose suddenly, making my wolf howl excitedly. A memorable smell of jasmine and vanilla lingered in the air and I whipped my head back and forth to figure out where it was coming from. My wolf pushed me to search for our mate but I couldn't just leave Alice randomly out here to seek another woman. Even I know that's a dick move, human or not so I just sighed knowing I needed to wait a bit until I put a face to that scent.

Three classes later which felt like forever, all I could focus on was finding my mate during lunch in the cafeteria. As I walked in, I glanced at every corner of the cafeteria if I could catch that familiar scent again but nothing came of that. I quickly lined up for food when I felt someone flick my neck behind me. Spinning around angrily, I caught Tom's sly grin and I gave him a deadpan look in return.

"You are such an ass Tom." I groaned while filling my tray.

"Not an ass but a beta... beta looking than you!" Tom joked back, earning him an exasperated look from the lunch lady who was also a wolf.

I rolled my eyes and snickered at his awful dad joke when I recognised my mate's scent again. I whipped my head quickly to where I could smell it but the influx of people roaming around meant she was one of them. Tom gave me a funny look and looked towards where I was looking as well, confused by my antics.

"What are you doing Lucas?" He asked.

"My mate is here Tom. My wolf sensed her around but I couldn't seem to find her with all these people loitering everywhere."

"Shit really! And it's not Alice?"

"Sadly no but yeah, my mate is just around here somewhere. You got to help me find her."

"Sure dude, but I wouldn't be able to sniff her scent out like you."

"True, but I need your help to figure out who it is. It's coming from that direction near the bins."

"Hmm, well there are five people sitting around that area. There's Liz, Marie, Catie, Joseph and Alexa. Do you feel the pull with any of them?"

"Not particularly, how about the ones who are standing or walking nearby?"

"There's Terry, Jane, Mrs Hales and... wait that's Clem!"

I paused to look at Clementine Finch which excitedly piqued the interest of my wolf as well. I've had a bit of a crush on Clementine before I dated Alice but she wasn't really my biggest fan since I was mean to her growing up. But if she is my mate, she wouldn't feel the pull until the full moon later but my wolf is quite impatient to wait till tonight.

To appease me and my wolf, I left Tom in the lunch line and slowly walked up towards where she is. The closer I got to her, the stronger that delicious scent enveloped my very being and made me feel weak. The need to embrace her and claim her there and then was so powerful that it took a lot of self-control to stop my wolf from doing so. My trance was quickly halted by someone calling my name across the cafeteria which made me spin around to see Alice waving from our table.

With that distraction, I didn't see Clementine trudging my way and I accidentally bumped into her, making her fall down on her bum. But I had to keep walking away to distract my wolf from jumping her when I feel a hard object hit me square on the back of my head.

That fucking hurt.

"Why the fuck did you throw a shoe at me?" I exclaimed and picked the shoe off the floor. My gaze immediately falls on Clementine's fuming face and I knew she was the one who threw the shoe. I tried to stifle a smile since seeing her this mad is kind of cute.

But Clementine being Clementine, she would not stop until she gets an apology so she continued to run her mouth to insult me. I honestly wouldn't let this kind of action pass if it was anyone else but she is my mate after all so the only thing I could do is leave irritatedly while Tom intervened.

Sitting down with Alice and our friends, I couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy seeing Tom and Clementine eating lunch together and happily chatting away about something. My wolf wanted to punch Tom but I got to be rational with all these humans around me. As long as they remain as friends, just friends, I could keep my wolf at bay.

As soon as lunch finished, I quickly got up from my seat to get to my class with Clem but Alice wanted me to walk her to class and I begrudgingly obliged, for formalities sake.

Rushing to my class, I was greeted happily by Mrs Hales as I search the room for Clem who was not too happy to see me for obvious reasons. I awkwardly made my way next to her while I engulfed her scent discreetly, making my wolf crazy and truly confirming the mate bond.

We chatted a bit, not really sure how I was meant to act around her knowing she's my mate so I let her do most of the talking so I could just listen to her voice. I didn't realise that Clem always had a smile on when she talks and it was so captivating to look at. I decided to make her lips the highlight of my artwork but I would let her assume that I'm drawing a mushroom to keep myself amused.

"So, are you keen to meet your mate and future Luna tonight?" Clementine suddenly asked, catching me off guard.

The guilt of breaking up with Alice fresh on my mind again which got me stressed a bit. I must have sounded snappy when I told her to mind her own business since she suddenly became quiet. I'm an idiot.

After that tense silence between us two, it was time for us to share our artwork with everyone and I suddenly felt a bit nervous about what she would think of my portrait of her. Amused that people were laughing at hers though, I peeked a little bit and saw a questionable caricature of me with angry eyebrows. The whole artwork of hers is pretty much just thick, bushy eyebrows which hurt my wolf's ego a bit. Sorry, I mean my ego since my wolf has no eyebrows.

Seeing Clementine observe people gaping at my artwork, I watched her as she made her way slowly to my canvas and her eyes widened in shock as soon as she stood in front of it. I smiled and stood next to Clementine, a bit perplexed by her silence after I pointed out her lips as my favourite feature of hers.

What I didn't expect though was Clementine running away after I said that, which occurred to me that it may have freaked her out at how forward I'm being. Great job once again Lucas.

Clementine isn't dumb though so she'll probably figure out that I'm being weird because of the mate bond. But before tonight, I need to end things with Alice and not lead her on anymore. I want her to be happy and that happiness isn't with me. I shouldn't have been selfish in the first place but I will make it right by her.

With one more class to go and one impatient wolf egging me on, I will let Clementine know that she is my mate, the one the Moon Goddess has blessed me with.

I need her.

I want her.

Only her.

===End of chapter===

I was contemplating making a Lucas POV but I wanted to show how the mate bond is affecting him too since we've known Clementine's feelings about all of this.

Chapter 6 is going to be where it starts to get spicy~

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